House plants

 
Please help! I have recently bought a number of plants and small bushes
for
inside the house. The tips of the leaves have started to go brown
on the ends.
Is this because I am over watering them or under watering
them? Thanks for your
help. Karen1967




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Karen1967

 
More information needed. Can you provide the names of the plants?

 On 5/25/2009 3:10 AM, Karen1967 wrote:

Brown tips can indicate low humidity.  This often happens on plants
grown indoors when they really belong outdoors.

Over-watering and under-watering will both cause the plant to wilt.

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David E. Ross
Climate:  California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary>

 Certain chemicals in your tap water can also cause  the tips to go brown on
some house plants. I either send my gallon jugs for refills with friends
when they go to the mountains or pay .30 a gallon to refill with 'spring
water' at the store. This cured the 'brown tipped leaves' for me. I only use
untreated water for watering my houseplants and also in the mister bottle.

Val

 wrote:


Currently I use tap water to water my indoor plants.  I used to
maintain 3 freshwater aquariums (each tank drained 50% each week) and
that water was ideal for plants.  City water has chlorine in it, not
good for bacteria nor plants, but the chlorine leaves water that has
been boiled or aged.